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Sep 2023
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Misconceptions about Gender-Affirming Ca...

Halie and McKenzie
About this episode

This week we are talking about gender-affirming care and why it's so important. We share some common misconceptions about gender-affirming care, trans, and non-binary people. We also talk about Halie's cat, Jiji, and share our obsessions of the week.

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Sources:

https://www.healthline.com/health/what-is-gender-affirming-care

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/09/health/top-surgery-no-regrets-transgender-nonbinary-study/index.html

https://www.fatherly.com/health/myths-gender-affirming-care-trans-kids-debunked
https://www.deutschland.de/en/topic/politics/equal-rights-womens-movement-in-germany-from-1918-to-2018

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